metal carport for implement storage

Mosey · Jun 26, 2002

Well, after making a comment that these things are too much money (see <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=implement&Number=131636&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1>attachment storage--outside</A>), I'm re-thinking this and may change my mind. Partly because installation is now included with the price, and I'm short on time these days. I can get an 18x26 installed for about $835 including tax. The roof exends over a foot down the side which will help keep the rain out when it's windy and the center is 8' high. For another $50 I can get it a foot higher. It's still a lot of money for a place to store implements, but I'm getting tired of messing with tarps. How many of ya'll have one of these? Are you happy with it? The brand I'm looking at is Eagle Carports Inc.

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.eaglecarports.com>http://www.eaglecarports.com</A>

gobbler · Jun 26, 2002

I've got the same problem right now. I was thinking of building something like <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.storagebuilding.com/loafing.htm>this</A> , but I think the carpoint solution is a good idea.

Jim

Golfgar4 · Jun 26, 2002

Danny,

I don't have one myself, but a good friend has one that he uses to store his ski boat. He was doing the same thing with his boat that you've been doing with your implements - covering it all the time. So he figured if he got one of these carport things, he wouldn't have to cover the boat every time he put it away. (He has it out 4 or 5 times each week for the water ski team)

WRONG! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif We haven't yet quite figured out what's causing the problem, but he's having more trouble now than before he put up the carport. We think that the location of the carport in relation to the house has caused a pretty dramatic change in how the wind swirls around the buildings, and he's still having to cover the boat because of all the garbage that keeps blowing into it.

I don't know if his is an Eagle carport or not, and he's checking with the company to see if they have some kind of option for adding sides, even fabric if necessary, to the carport.

Maybe this kind of problem wouldn't be a concern since really all you're looking to do is get the implement out of the weather. Are you planning on putting down a concrete floor? That would make attaching your implements a little easier.

Good luck! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

gobbler · Jun 26, 2002

Danny,

How do they fasten those things to the ground ?

Clemson · Jun 26, 2002

I think that these things in general are covered with siding. If you can match the color at your local home supply store, you may be able to buy enough siding and self-tapping screws to add the side curtains yourself.

Casimir · Jun 26, 2002

We did the same thing for "temporary" hay storage until we can get the barn built (about a year away, we hope). You can order extra sheets of the roofing material and just continue it down the side(s). We closed in one side and left the other side open for access from the side as well as the end. Most manufacturers will also sell you siding cut to fit the ends if you want to enclose one or both ends. All it takes is $$/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. We chose to just hang a blue poly tarp, secured with bungee cords, on the back side to keep the rain off the hay /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif. The back end is out of sight from the house and the road unless the haystack gets low.

For a floor, we just used crusher run blue stone - spread and leveled with my FEL and a small amount of hand raking. Then wet it down with a hose so it would compact well.

The "carport" is secured to the ground by 10 three-foot long rebars with large washers welded on the end. They were provided with carport and the holes were already drilled in the base rails. They claim it will withstand 80 mile per hour winds, but we have been having an unsettling number of tornadoes touch down in the area this spring/w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif. Hope our luck holds out and they keep missing us/w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif.

The "long range plan" is to use the carport for my boat storage when the barn is complete and we have other hay storage. The "portable" stalls we put up for the horses will become tractor and implement storage -- at least one or two of them. Until then, I guess I will just have to keep using tarps/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif.

The attached photo is not a really good angle, but you can see the carport and just make out the "portable shelters" in the background.

Casimir · Jun 26, 2002

Another view that shows the portable stalls (4 each, 12' X 12") and a side view of the carport.

Casimir · Jun 26, 2002

Incidentally, the CFO remarked that the tractor had already paid for itself with the work we had to do to set up a temporary place for the horses. Really helps when the projects are ones she wants done /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif.

gws · Jun 26, 2002

You might want to look at klene pipe structures http://www.klenepipe.com/
These are available in many sizes. Can be sided however you like,.

Gary_in_Indiana · Jun 26, 2002

I've seen those by various manufacturers and know at least one has options for sides, ends, windows and both service and OH doors. Just for the fun of it I priced one out like a garage and the price was the same. You might want to check and see what it would cost you to frame for a pole building and just put a roof on it. You'd have the same thing but probably a lot sturdier and have something you could add sides to when you want. Just a thought.